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NYT Crossword — June 8, 2025

Sunday’s 21 × 21 puzzle, 140 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

71 clues

5Some hotel check-in areas

10Singer Cruz known as the "Queen of Salsa"

19Break, slangily

20Rafael Nadal has won a record 14 of these

22Boxer's diet, maybe

23Mmes. : France :: ___ : Spain

24Deal with a problem later, as a filmmaker

26It's a cinch!

27"Everything in the world is about ___ except ___" (quote often attributed to Oscar Wilde)

28Wedding toast signals

31Adds to an email

32Some narrative homages, informally

34National anthem contraction

35Uncle ___ (nickname for comedian Berle)

37Point in the direction of

39Yosemite's ___ Adams Gallery

41Gateway to the Amalfi Coast

48Brand used for Taco Tuesday

51Share cleanup duty, in a way

54Brittney of the W.N.B.A.

57Hardy mountain plants

61Highest point

65Cold and wet, as weather

66Last-one-standing fights

70Seventh of 24

71"Ain't ___ Sweet"

72Hopper in the Hundred Acre Wood

75A, in German class

76Forehead-slapping moments

77Mich. neighbor

78"Star Trek: T.N.G." empath

80Greeting from a man's best friend

83Beefy, as gym bros

85Composer Vivaldi

87Bumps on a log

88Fancy diving flips

90Prefix with -caster

96Something that often changes color before it falls

98Vegas opener?

99One-named pop star with releases on the Monkey Puzzle record label

101Guinness record holder for most words in a hit single (1,560 in six minutes)

103De Armas of "Blade Runner 2049"

106Fibonacci and Galileo, for two

108Powerful force of attraction on display in this puzzle?

111Dance in celebration

114Single-use binders

115"You gotta be kidding me!"

119Reddit endorsement

120Fat substitute

121Smallest discrete units of energy

122More expensive

124Captain's rear

125Not go along, say

Down

69 clues

1What Jason Momoa has, notably

2Potassium ___ (preservative)

3Orientation participant

6It's for kids, not silly rabbits

7"Toy Story" dino

8Still alive, so to speak

9Jason Statham or Sylvester Stallone

13Part of M.I.T.: Abbr.

14Literally, "panting," in Greek

15Literary fairy queen

16Spider-Man's lightning-wielding foe

17In la-la land, with "out"

21Gregory of Hollywood

30Vegetable ___

33Convicted criminal

38Piece of one's mine

39Even a little

40Cagney's partner on classic TV

41La petite Thérèse, e.g.: Abbr.

44Striped stones

46Meal modifier

49Hebrew honorific

50Makes a mess of

52Lesser deities in Greek mythology

53Computer addresses, for short

54Colorful feature of a lawn

55Based on reason

56"Show me! Show me!"

58Ground cover plant with trailing vines and five-petaled flowers

59Like some patches

60Japanese restaurant order

63Part of a retirement title

64Chinese restaurant order

67Yonder, to a pirate

68Dr. Zhivago's beloved

76Syst. of unspoken words

79Addams Family cousin

82Constellation on Alaska's flag

83Big Fifth Avenue retailer

84Subject of the Liberi painting "The Birth of Love"

88Tall, chic woman

89Attacks like a kitten

94Bottleful for un bébé

97Like a mom or dad's patience

100Amalgamation

102African country whose name is found in another country's name

103Totally stoked

104Washington team, to fans

105State of unease

107"Thong Song" singer, 2000

109Stitch's film friend

110Soft ball brand

112Expose, poetically

113Director DuVernay

116Pioneer in electronica music

117Soccer analyst Holden

118Bowler or boater

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Stats & info

Sunday, Jun 8, 2025

21×21

Grid size

140

Total entries

82/359

Black / letter cells

5.1

Avg entry length

15 ltrs

Longest entry

Themed

Sunday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedJun 8, 2025

DaySunday

ThemeMeeting Their Match

ConstructorJohn Kugelman

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split71 across · 69 down

Longest entries

108APowerful force of attraction on display in this puzzle?15 ltrs 66ALast-one-standing fights13 ltrs 20ARafael Nadal has won a record 14 of these11 ltrs 24ADeal with a problem later, as a filmmaker11 ltrs 56D"Show me! Show me!"9 ltrs

Sunday is the big one, a 21 by 21 grid built around a named theme rather than raw difficulty. This grid has 82 black squares and averages 5.1 letters per entry.